Effectiveness of simple control measures on methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection status and characteristics with susceptibility patterns in a teaching hospital in Peshawar

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 915-920

  Rafiq, Muhammad Salman ^a   Rafiq, Muhammad Imran ^b   Khan, Taimur ^a   Rafiq, Maria ^c   Khan, Mah Muneer ^a  

^a KHYBER TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b LADY READING HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c Gynae B Unit   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Acquired infections; Hospital; Methicillin resistant; Staphylococcus aureus; Susceptible

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFRADINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PAKISTAN; PROCEDURES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84940386169     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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